page_title: Lotus (genus)
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Lotus (genus) / Taxonomy / Species
caption_attribution_description: Lotus alpinus&#160;: Tour de la tête des Toillies au départ de Saint Véran - (Queyras, France)
context_page_description: Lotus, a latinization of Greek lōtos, is a genus that includes most bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches and contains many dozens of species distributed worldwide. Depending on the taxonomic authority, roughly between 70 and 150 are accepted. Lotus is a genus of legumes and its members are adapted to a wide range of habitats, from coastal environments to high altitudes.
  The genus Lotus is currently undergoing extensive taxonomic revision. Species native to the Americas have been moved into other genera, such as Acmispon and Hosackia, as in the second edition of The Jepson Manual.
  The aquatic plant commonly known as the Indian or sacred lotus is Nelumbo nucifera, a species not closely related to Lotus.
context_section_description: Lotus aegaeus (Griseb.) Boiss.
  Lotus alpicola (Beck) Miniaev, Ulle & Kritzk.
  Lotus alpinus Schleich. ex Ramond - alpine bird's-foot-trefoil
  Lotus angustissimus L. – slender bird's-foot trefoil
  Lotus anthylloides Vent.
  Lotus arabicus Sol. ex L.
  Lotus arenarius Brot.
  Lotus argyrodes R.P.Murray
  Lotus arinagensis Bramwell
  Lotus armeniacus Kit Tan & Sorger
  Lotus assakensis Coss. ex Brand
  Lotus australis Andrews – austral trefoil
  Lotus azoricus P.W.Ball
  Lotus balticus Miniaev
  Lotus becquetii Boutique
  Lotus benoistii (Maire) Lassen
  Lotus berthelotii Lowe ex Masf. – Canary Islands trefoil
  Lotus bollei Christ
  Lotus borbasii Ujhelyi
  Lotus broussonetii Choisy ex Ser.
  Lotus brunneri Webb
  Lotus burttii Borsos
  Lotus callis-viridis Bramwell & D.H.Davis
  Lotus callunetorum (Üksip) Miniaev
  Lotus campylocladus Webb & Berthel.
  Lotus candidissimus A.Chev.
  Lotus castellanus Boiss. & Reut.
  Lotus chazaliei H.Boissieu
  Lotus compactus Chrtková
  Lotus conimbricensis Brot.
  Lotus corniculatus L. – common bird's-foot trefoil, bird's-foot deervetch
  Lotus creticus L.
  Lotus cruentus Court
  Lotus cytisoides L.
  Lotus × davyae Druce
  Lotus digii Chrtková
  Lotus discolor E.Mey.
  Lotus divaricatus Boiss.
  Lotus dorycnium L.
  Lotus drepanocarpus Durieu
  Lotus dumetorum Webb ex R.P.Murray
  Lotus dvinensis Miniaev & Ulle
  Lotus edulis L.
  Lotus elisabethae Opperman
  Lotus emeroides R.P.Murray
  Lotus eremiticus A.Santos
  Lotus eriophthalmus Webb & Berthel.
  Lotus garcinii Ser.
  Lotus gebelia Vent.
  Lotus germanicus (Gremli) Peruzzi
  Lotus glaucus Aiton
  Lotus glinoides Delile
  Lotus goetzei Harms
  Lotus graecus L.
  Lotus halophilus Boiss. & Spruner
  Lotus hebecarpus J.B.Gillett
  Lotus hebranicus Hochst. ex Brand
  Lotus herbaceus (Vill.) Jauzein
  Lotus hirsutus L.
  Lotus hirtulus Lowe ex Cout.
  Lotus holosericeus Webb & Berthel.
  Lotus hosackioides (Royle ex Benth.) Ali
  Lotus jacobaeus L.
  Lotus japonicus L.
  Lotus jolyi Batt.
  Lotus komarovii Miniaev
  Lotus krylovii Schischk. & Serg.
  Lotus kunkelii (Esteve) Bramwell & D.H.Davis
  Lotus lalambensis Schweinf.
  Lotus lancerottensis Webb & Berthel.
  Lotus lanuginosus Vent.
  Lotus laricus Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.
  Lotus lebrunii Boutique
  Lotus longisiliquosus R.Roem.
  Lotus loweanus Webb & Berthel.
  Lotus macranthus Lowe
  Lotus macrotrichus Boiss.
  Lotus maculatus Breitf.
  Lotus maroccanus Ball
  Lotus mascaensis Burchard
  Lotus melilotoides Webb
  Lotus mlanjeanus J.B.Gillett
  Lotus mollis Balf.f.
  Lotus namulensis Brand
  Lotus norvegicus (Chrtková) Miniaev
  Lotus nubicus Hochst. ex Baker
  Lotus olgae Klokov
  Lotus oliveirae A.Chev.
  Lotus ononopsis Balf.f.
  Lotus ornithopodioides L.
  Lotus pacificus Kramina & D.D.Sokoloff
  Lotus palustris Willd.
  Lotus parviflorus Desf. – smallflower bird's-foot trefoil, smallflower trefoil
  Lotus peczoricus Miniaev & Ulle
  Lotus pedunculatus Cav. – greater bird's-foot trefoil, marsh bird's-foot trefoil, large bird's-foot trefoil, big trefoil
  Lotus peregrinus L.
  Lotus polyphyllos E.D.Clarke
  Lotus pseudocreticus Maire, Weiller & Wilczek
  Lotus purpureus Webb
  Lotus pusillus Medik.
  Lotus pyranthus P.Pérez
  Lotus quinatus (Forssk.) J.B.Gillett
  Lotus racemosus Sessé & Moc.
  Lotus ramulosus M.E.Jones
  Lotus rechingeri Chrtková
  Lotus rectus L.
  Lotus robsonii E.S.Martins & D.D.Sokoloff
  Lotus ruprechtii Miniaev
  Lotus sativus (Hyl.) Büscher & G.H.Loos
  Lotus schoelleri Schweinf.
  Lotus sergievskiae Kamelin & Kovalevsk.
  Lotus sessilifolius DC.
  Lotus simoneae Maire, Weiller & Wilczek
  Lotus spartioides Webb & Berthel.
  Lotus spectabilis Choisy ex Ser.
  Lotus stepposus Kramina
  Lotus strictus Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  Lotus subbiflorus Lag. – hairy bird's-foot trefoil
  Lotus subdigitatus Boutique
  Lotus taitungensis S.S.Ying
  Lotus tauricus Juz.
  Lotus tenellus (Lowe) Sandral, A.Santos & D.D.Sokoloff (including Lotus leptophyllus (Lowe) K.Larsen)
  Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. – narrowleaf trefoil, slender trefoil, creeping trefoil, or prostrate trefoil
  Lotus tetraphyllus L.
  Lotus tibesticus Maire
  Lotus torulosus (Chiov.) Fiori
  Lotus × ucrainicus Klokov
  Lotus uliginosus Schkuhr
  Lotus weilleri Maire
  Lotus wildii J.B.Gillett
  Lotus zhegulensis Klokov
caption: Lotus alpinus
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